Galil Stein
02-17-2008, 11:38 AM
http://www.youtube.com/v/ptLZXh9Cdjk
The Rothschilds were supporters of the State of Israel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel), and Baron Edmond James de Rothschild (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_James_de_Rothschild) was a patron of the first settlement in Palestine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine) at Rishon-LeZion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon-LeZion). In 1917 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917) Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rothschild%2C_2nd_Baron_Rothschild) was the addressee of the Balfour Declaration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917), which committed the British government to the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. As prominent Jews active in politics as well as business, the Rothschild family has been a target for anti-semitism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-semitism) throughout its history.Many family members were persecuted by the Nazis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazis), and one, Elisabeth de Rothschild (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_de_Rothschild), died in Ravensbrück (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravensbr%C3%BCck)concentration camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp); she was a Rothschild only by marriage, and was raised as a Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church).
The Rothschilds were supporters of the State of Israel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel), and Baron Edmond James de Rothschild (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_James_de_Rothschild) was a patron of the first settlement in Palestine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine) at Rishon-LeZion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon-LeZion). In 1917 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917) Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rothschild%2C_2nd_Baron_Rothschild) was the addressee of the Balfour Declaration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917), which committed the British government to the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. As prominent Jews active in politics as well as business, the Rothschild family has been a target for anti-semitism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-semitism) throughout its history.Many family members were persecuted by the Nazis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazis), and one, Elisabeth de Rothschild (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_de_Rothschild), died in Ravensbrück (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravensbr%C3%BCck)concentration camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp); she was a Rothschild only by marriage, and was raised as a Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church).